Football players report they believe they have CTE for study

A third of former football players who played between 1960 and 2020 say they believe they have chronic traumatic encephalopathy, according to a new study. Dr. Rachel Grashow, director of epidemiological research initiatives with the Football Players Health Study at Harvard University, joins CBS News with top takeaways from her research.

[francescariccio-ackerman]

This is inspiring! Hoping to see more progress in diagnostic capabilities for CTE and our understanding of the condition soon. Great work, Dr. Grashow

[jeannedigennaro]

So sad. I worry about the damage that heading the soccer ball does as well.

[tvviewer]

You know what’s really good at breaking down excess proteins? Psychedelics

[randomchannel-pxho]

I wish the fanbase wasn't willing to tolerate guys like Tua risking their health when it's well documented brain trauma is a cause of neurodegenerative disease.

Is football too dangerous generally? My verdict doen't matter but there's a crisis for the sport about that question and paremrs not wantkng their kids to play it certainly. At the very least I think enough is established that people like tua should be forced for their own good to retire from the sport. And then we realize it's all labor exploitation even for athletes with huge contracts, labor exploitation all they way down

[guppygrease]

Do study on professional wrestling and see how it effect. More data collection fun will not stop in hot pursuit of dream. Action hard to resist.

[jeannedigennaro]

Eat lots of red meat. Forget the food pyramid. It’s wrong.

[TopOfPyramid]

Who cares? These athletes know the risks.